El Sol, AOPR inaugurate special art gallery

   POINT RICHMOND - A special exhibit of illustrations and paintings by the late Linda Lee Calvan Drake begins Wednesday and runs until March 28 at El Sol Restaurant at 101 Park Place.
     Drake was President of the Arts of Point Richmond from 2010 until 2013 when she passed away.
     "Her enthusiasm and joyous approach to art was contagious and inspiring," Rita Gardner, communications director for AOPR said in a press release.
   The exhibition will include works in a series called "Vintage Views of Old Point Richmond Town."
     The special exhibit also marks the inauguration of the Linda Lee Calvan Drake Memorial Gallery at El Sol and will feature artwork by AOPR members. It also marks a collaboration between AOPR and Linda Lee Calvan Drake's sister, Josephine Orozco of El Sol.
     As part of the collaboration, a professional art display system has been installed with funding coming from the Gateway Foundation and AOPR.
   For more information about AOPR, click on this link: www.artsofpointrichmond.com